Cuspidor



M. H. LBVEILLE.

(No Model.)

GUSPIDOR.

No. 332,094. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

MICHAEL H. LEVEILLE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,094, dated December 8, 1885. Application filed September 26, 1885. Serial No. 178,304. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL H. LEvEILLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cuspidors, the same being designed more especially to be attached to the door of railway-cars, hotels, and saloons, and my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be here inafter more fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

A represents the door of a building or other structure,which is provided with an opening and recessed for the reception of the body portion B of the cuspidor,which is provided with three or more projecting flanges, b, at its upper portion,which lie within suitable recesses. The

top C lits above the body portion B, and is provided with countersunk openings b', through which pass screws, which serve to hold the top and the body portionB in place. The top C is provided near its outer end with a downwardly-projecting flange, c, which iits within the body portion B, and is provided with converging arms D, which incline downwardly and are rigidly attached near the center of the top to its central portion,E,which central portion is hollow and provided at its base with inwardly-projecting flanges e, which serve as a rest or bearing for a spiral spring. The upper part of the central portion, E, is provided with vertical edges ff, which extend a slight distance downwardly and terminate in shoulders f', against which a circular nut, F, will strike when the same is depressed. The portion of the opening below the shoulders f is tapered, as shown in Fig. 2. A bottom, G, tapers upward toward the center, and at it-s central portion the same is horizontal and provided with an opening, which is screwthreaded for the reception of the bolt H, to the opposite end of which bolt is attached the nut F, hereinbeiore mentioned. Aconical spiral spring is secured in the opening in the central portion, E, said spring being indicated by the letter I, the lower end bearing upon the flange e, while the upper end bears upon the nut F, thus holding the bottom G firmly against the bottom portion of the body B.

The cuspidor hereinbefore described is adapted to be used in places not provided with running water, and to clean the same the nut F is depressed, which causes the bottom to be moved away from the edges of the body portion, thus allowing any liquids to escape therefrom. If desirable, as in hotels and saloons, a receptacle may be placed under the cuspidor beneath the door A, and connected with a waste-pipe or sewer.

It will be noticed in my invention that the entire upper portion of the cuspidor is flush or on a line with the floor, and the means for holding the bottom in place and depressing the same are incased. In localities which are provided with a Water-pressure the body portion B has a receptacle, K, attached thereto, said receptacle being provided with a wastepipe, K, which may be connected with the sewer. To one side of the body portion B, near its lower edge,are provided inwardly-projecting bars Z, between which is pivoted an angle-bar, M,which consists of members mm, the member m projecting upwardly through a slot, n, in one of the converging arms D,while the other member, m', projects downwardly from the same, so as to rest upon the bottom G near the center portion of the same.

It will be readily noticed that the bottom of the cuspidor may be depressed by bearing upon the upper end of the bar m, which projects through the slot a. This construction in some cases is preferable to pressing upon the nut F, as hereinbefore set forth.

O represents a water-supply pipe, which passes into the body portion B, and is provided adjacent to the same with a stop-cock, o, the handle 0i" said stop-cock being connected to the bar m of the angle-lever by the rod p, so that when the lever is pressed so as to depress the bottom the stop-cock will be IOO turned so as to let the water into the cuspidor to flush or wash out the same, and as soon .as the pressure is removed from the end of the lever the spring I will draw the bottom upward and turn the water off.

In order to prevent foul gases from entcring the apartment from the sewer, the bottom edge of the body portion B is provided with a groove, i, within which is placed a rubber packing, so as to make a tight joint with the bottom.

I am aware that prior to my invention spittoons or cuspidors have been constructed which are adapted to be attached to the iioor and. pass through the same, and I lay no broad claim to such invention; but

What I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a euspidor of the class described, the top C, having a depending central portion which is hollow, and provided at its upper portion with a straight edge terminating in a iiange or offset, f, for the reception of a oylindrieal nut, F, and at its lower portion with a ange, e, the depending body portion B, and bottom G, having bolt I-I attached thereto, and spiral spring Ladapted to bear upon the flange e, and nut F, the parts being combined and organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. yIn a cuspidor, the eombination,with the upper grating Carrying a spring forholding the bottom against the body portion, of a lever pivoted to the body portion, so as to extend above the top grating, and provided with an arm `which rests upon the bottom portion, substantially as shown.

3. In a onspidor,y the upper grating, body portion,and bottom,construeted substantially as set forth, in combination with a watersupply pipe, with stopeocl and lever oonnected thereto, so that when the bottom is opened the stop-cock will be turned so as to admit water to the interior of the cuspidors.

4. In a euspidor, the combination, with the upper grating, the body portion, and the bottom, of the receptacle K, having outlet lc, a packing-ring located between the body portion and the bottom, a water-supply pipe entering the body portion, and the lever conneeted to the supply-cook, so as to turn the stop-cock by operating the bottom portion, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Iitnesses:

O. L. OWEN, Louis FRAZONE. 

